Tragedy is like strong acid – it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth. – David Herbert Lawrence

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truths sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. – Louisa May Alcott

Dont let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – dont let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency. – Aesop